VirtuaVerse
Fair · Narrative · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 9.7h
- Value
- $1.55/hr
- Reviews
- 82% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD 3000, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
June 2022 is where it bottomed out, at $4.49. It has been discounted 28 times in the 6 years tracked here, typically at 70 percent off, with about 10 weeks between sales.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 16 percent on value. It is pricier than 80 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 75 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Gemini Rue ($9.99, scores 66) and Primordia ($9.99, scores 80) both outscore it.
This site sampled 475 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to August 2026.
The drop-off
84% start to 20% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Many dialogues are a little childish written, the MC is a douchebag despite his ignorance of any scene/nerd knowledge (although he claims his profession is a HW/SW hacker) and a bunch of puzzles are really hard to solve if you don't tripple check every NPC, dialog option, scene/screen (w/ and wo/ your AVR-Headest) or overlooked some small object. BUT on the other hand the story is really good and timeless, cyberpunk...
Haven't played Point and clicks back in the day, so this one is my first. Considering others opinions, it seems like it sits nicely among the classics. It has a nice representation of a bleak dystopian future, a mix of Blade Runner and 90s retrowave hacking aesthetic. It also has many nice remarks about where our technologies, and moreso how governments and big corporations shape them are headed. Artstyle is...
Overall puzzles are VERY unfriendly. Had to look for non-commentary play through videos multiple times to get to the ending. Story was decent Graphics/soundtracks were AMAZING
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
VirtuaVerse scores 53/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1019310/virtuaverseReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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